Combined dental mallet and pliers



(No Model.) i

A. 0. COREY.

GOMBIN-ED DENTAL MALLET AND BLIERS. No. 483,592. Patented Aug. 5, 1890*.

1 'L g f WITNESSES IN VENTOR BY J ' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR O. COREY, OF COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS.

COMBINED DENTAL MALLET AND PLIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 433,592, dated August5, 189.0.

Application filed December 26, 1889. Serial No. 335,083. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. COREY, of Council Grove, in the county ofMorris and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved CombinedMallet and Pliers for Dentists Use, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

Heretofore it has been customary when filling cavities in teeth to use aseparate tool for the insertion of the filling wads or granules withinthe prepared tooth-cavity. The pliers thus employed were then discardedand a plugging-mallet with either a separate or attached punchsubstituted, with which the loose pellet of filling was securelycompacted by successive blows of the mallet on the punch. There are anumber of filling pellets employed in closing a large cavity, as butsmall amounts of the filling material can be inserted at one time, ifgood results are desired. Consequently a considerable amount of time isconsumed in the operation. It is evident that to lay down and take upthe separate tools used in the insertion and subsequent malleting of atooth-filling considerably increases the time occupied in insertingmaterial and plugging a carious tooth.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined mallet and pliersfor dentists use, so constructing the same that a neat, compact,

practical, and efficient instrument is afforded,

whereby the inserting of the filling material and successive malletingof the same may be efiected without exchanging tools, the pliers beingalways in position in the hand of the operator, as is also the mallet,ready for alternate and immediate use. i

To effect the object sought, my invention consists in the constructionand combination of parts, as hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined implement in the hand ofan operator, the pliers being in use to grip and. convey a piece offilling material to a tooth-cavity. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, inelevation, of the mallet and pliers; and Fig. 3 is an end View of themallet-block, showing the pliers combined therewith.

A represents the mallet-block, which may be made of any suitable heavyand hard material, metal being preferred. Different shapes may be givento the mallet-head, the most available for its use being represented inthe drawings, as the enlarged middle portion attords weight, while theparallel flat ends a are equally serviceable'for use on a punch.

The preferred form for the pliers is here represented, althoughequivalent shapes may be used which fall within the scope of theinvention. As shown, the pliers B provide a handle for the mallet-blockA, and consist of a single strip of elastic steel, whichis given areturn bend at b, the material being flattened and widened at this pointto afford a grip-piece for the hand of the operator. One limb c of thepliers is straight, and is inserted through an orifice formed as a slotthrough the center of the mallet-block, considered sidewise, which slotis of such proportionate dimensions as to receive the limb c and fit itclosely when it is inserted to a point near its longitudinal center.

The limb I) of the pliers B is curved laterally at a point (2, oppositethe mallet-block A, and from the forward terminal of this lateralcurvature the free end 01 of the limb c is tapered gradually to itsterminal. The portion 0 of the limb c which projects beyond themallet-block is tapered to mate the similar portion (1 of the limbd,both these portions being preferably bent at the same point e,

thereby providing pick-up points to the pliers, as shown at e.

In use the pliers are gripped, as shown in Fig. 1, and a small wad orpellet of the filling material is raised by the points 6 and conveyed toa tooth-cavity which is to be filled. I When properly deposited therein,the operator inserts the plugging-punch and at once commences themalleting operation, not having to throw down the pliers and find themallet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a mallet-block, of pliers the points of whichproject in advance of the mallet-block, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a mallet-block 5 that is slotted to receive apliers limb, of pliers having onelimb connected to the mallet-block andits pick-up ends projected in advance of the mallet-block, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The combin ation,with alnallet-blockhav- 1o ing both of its endsadapted for use as malletfaces, and its body slotted laterally for thereception of a pliers limb, of pliers comprised of two limbs bent from asingle strip, one limb being secured in the slot of the mallethead andthe free ends of its limbs projected in advance of the mallet-block andbent to produce pick-up joints, substantially as set forth.

ARTHUR O. COREY. Witnesses:

D. H. PAINTER, W. B. ROBERTS.

